The following are translations of editorials from the workplace newsletters of the organization L’Étincelle (The Spark), a Trotskyist group in France.
Algeria’s president, Bouteflika, announced he wouldn’t run for a fifth term… This clearly shows panic …
Despite the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators all over Algeria for two weeks, against Abdelaziz …
Last weekend, humanitarian aid was blocked at the border between Venezuela and Colombia. With the …
This weekend was the three-month anniversary of the yellow jackets fight with Macron and his …
The yellow jackets have warmed up the general atmosphere. That’s why February 5th was such …
There is really no way to bring the yellow jackets back into the fold. After …
Macron, with his usual arrogance, has encouraged workers to find again the “meaning of effort” …
December 11, 2018 Published in the Étincelle Workplace Newsletter — Translated from French L’Étincelle is …
What if we were witnessing the beginning of a general social fight against the rich, …
More and more road “blockades” are expected on November 17th against the increase in gas …
For weeks, there has been an increase in calls on social networks to block roads …
Jair Bolsonaro was elected Brazil’s president on Sunday 28th October. This former army officer has …
Since journalist Jamal Kashoggi disappeared while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, on October …
Just when we hear that the unemployment fund is back in the black, the …
Last week, some retired workers called out Macron about their small pensions. He found …
Macron made a show at the UN general assembly. In this festival of heads …
The government unveiled the outlines of the coming reform of unemployment benefits. “Everything is open …
Marine le Pen thought she was making a great publicity stunt when she arrived with …
All politicians, on the left, right, and far-right are saying it: “France cannot take in …
On one side, Total, a giant oil corporation with 8.6 billion in profits last year, …
On May 25th, over 66% of Irish people voted to legalise abortion. This is a …
Like the frog that believed it could be big as an ox, Macron patted himself …
“We’re angry railway workers, and we won’t get pushed around!” chanted the Parisian strikers who …
The government says there is no money. We need to save on personnel in hospitals …
SNCF, Carrefour, Air France, Universities, all together: This is just a start…! 300 Carrefour supermarkets …
With the arrogance of an ex-business banker, Macron has led attack after attack against workers …
There were a lot of retirees out on March 15th. Tens of thousands of them …
Macron’s hypocritical speech on February 21st, giving moral lessons and asking for a truce in …
Macron’s Bulldozer keeps moving forward. After the rulings on labour law, and before reforming unemployment …
Macron was visibly annoyed by Burkina Faso student questions during his African Trip, when he …
Images originally shown November 14th on CNN have made it around the world. They show …
Macron’s reform for higher education, the “education plan”, unveiled on October 30th, will be debated …
An international collaboration between news organisations revealed some dark secrets of fiscal “optimisation” practiced by …
What the bosses’ union (Medef) had been dreaming about, the government did. The administration put …
Following the revelations about Harvey Weinstein’s case, more and more women have started to talk …
Asked about the Harvey Weinstein story during his October 15th long interview on the TF1 …
On October 15th, Emmanuel Macron held the floor for over an hour on the TF1 …
While visiting Corrèze, Emmanuel Macron was heckled by the workers at GM&S, an automobile subcontractor, …
With clubs and rubber bullets, repression hit the independence referendum organised on October 1st in …
Last Thursday, called by the union confederations CGT, FSU and Solidaires, between 132,000 (according to …
223,000 demonstrators according to the police, 500,000 according to union confederations: September 12’s mobilisation was …
Once again, President Macron let drop a comment full of contempt. He declared he would …
It’s true, the government is doing its best to welcome them. It passed measures after …
Facilitate layoffs, limit the period during which workers can file a complaint to the industrial …
Heat waves like last week’s – which hit 66 departments for several days – may …
Macron will get a majority of representatives ready to go “forward”. Since Sunday night, the …
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe just chose his general staff to lead the bosses attacks. Macron …
Emmanuel Macron (66.1%) won the second round of the presidential election against Marine Le Pen …
No surprise. The polls correctly predicted who would benefit from the discredit of the left …
Working class people are angry – and rightly so – against Fillon, Macron, Le Pen, …
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